In this part of the story, Abraham is being put to the test to make a new land for God. God wanted Abraham to make a great and powerful nation. Abraham had to do this with bringing his family and caring for them. This also tested how much Abraham trusted God. There is also another story within this one, about Ishmael's birth. In this story, Sariah was unable to have children so she told him to take her slave Hagar as his mistress and Sariah hoped through Hagar she could have her children. Hagar was not happy with this arrangement, so she ran away. One of God's angels told her to go back and that she would bless her and that Hagar had to name the baby Ishmael. So Hagar went back and gave birth to Ishmael. In the second story, The Lord appears before Abraham and he feeds the Lord's guests. Abraham is told by the Lord, that this time next year Sariah will have a baby boy. Sariah and Abraham are amazed! Ishmael is mean to laugh when God announces this. This is another reason he was named Ishmael, because when Sariah heard the news he laughed because he was amazed and thought it was funny. The third story is about The Expulsion of Ishmael. Sariah was jealous of Hagar and Hagar's son Ishmael. She wanted her son Isaac to get all of the attention, and wanted Abraham to get rid of them. But Abraham did not want to hurt his son, but God told him to do it and to do what Sariah wanted. As a result, Hagar was sent out with Ishmael to unknown land. She was worried but an angel of God told her that God would take care of everything and that her boy would become a ruler of a great nation. In the final reading, God put Abraham to the test and had Abraham take his favorite son Isaac with him to The Land of Moriah to sacrifice his son. When he as about to kill Isaac as God had asked Abraham to, God stopped Abraham and told him to stop that he did not have to do it, because he passed the test of fearing and obbaying God. ( For these readings, please refere to pgs. 71-77.)
Discussion Questions: 1) Do you think, God is harsh in this reading? 2) Do you think Abrham really would have truely killed his son? 3) In your opinion, would you be jealouse of Sariah's slave when she told Abraham to have a child withe her? 4) Would you have run away like Hagar did?
Supplementary Material:
Abraham and Isaac - Faith ...
Abraham and Isaac: The Sacrifice.
Pause!!!! What is your opinion on this picture? Do you think Abraham wanted to kill his favorite son Isaac?
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter Jan Provost's "Abraham, Sarah and the Angel" from the year 1520
Outside Material: Interesting fact: In the old testament makes God have more of a harshness sense to him. So this might suggest why on page 76 when God says to Abraham to stop, that Abraham has passed that test by obaying God and fearing him. Why the words of God are so harsh.
Study Guide/Quiz Questions: 1) What was God's test for Abraham? 2) Did Sariah ever have a child? 3) Did Sariah end up being jealous if her slave? 4) Who was Hagar?
(Group 4)
Summary:
In this part of the story, Abraham is being put to the test to make a new land for God. God wanted Abraham to make a great and powerful nation. Abraham had to do this with bringing his family and caring for them. This also tested how much Abraham trusted God. There is also another story within this one, about Ishmael's birth. In this story, Sariah was unable to have children so she told him to take her slave Hagar as his mistress and Sariah hoped through Hagar she could have her children. Hagar was not happy with this arrangement, so she ran away. One of God's angels told her to go back and that she would bless her and that Hagar had to name the baby Ishmael. So Hagar went back and gave birth to Ishmael. In the second story, The Lord appears before Abraham and he feeds the Lord's guests. Abraham is told by the Lord, that this time next year Sariah will have a baby boy. Sariah and Abraham are amazed! Ishmael is mean to laugh when God announces this. This is another reason he was named Ishmael, because when Sariah heard the news he laughed because he was amazed and thought it was funny. The third story is about The Expulsion of Ishmael. Sariah was jealous of Hagar and Hagar's son Ishmael. She wanted her son Isaac to get all of the attention, and wanted Abraham to get rid of them. But Abraham did not want to hurt his son, but God told him to do it and to do what Sariah wanted. As a result, Hagar was sent out with Ishmael to unknown land. She was worried but an angel of God told her that God would take care of everything and that her boy would become a ruler of a great nation. In the final reading, God put Abraham to the test and had Abraham take his favorite son Isaac with him to The Land of Moriah to sacrifice his son. When he as about to kill Isaac as God had asked Abraham to, God stopped Abraham and told him to stop that he did not have to do it, because he passed the test of fearing and obbaying God. ( For these readings, please refere to pgs. 71-77.)
Discussion Questions: 1) Do you think, God is harsh in this reading? 2) Do you think Abrham really would have truely killed his son? 3) In your opinion, would you be jealouse of Sariah's slave when she told Abraham to have a child withe her? 4) Would you have run away like Hagar did?
Supplementary Material:
Abraham and Isaac: The Sacrifice.
Pause!!!! What is your opinion on this picture? Do you think Abraham wanted to kill his favorite son Isaac?
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter Jan Provost's "Abraham, Sarah and the Angel" from the year 1520
Outside Material: Interesting fact: In the old testament makes God have more of a harshness sense to him. So this might suggest why on page 76 when God says to Abraham to stop, that Abraham has passed that test by obaying God and fearing him. Why the words of God are so harsh.
Study Guide/Quiz Questions: 1) What was God's test for Abraham? 2) Did Sariah ever have a child? 3) Did Sariah end up being jealous if her slave? 4) Who was Hagar?